This is a prompting Blog

My intent here is to write a poem from the prompt I give to you , the reader, in hopes that it will inspire something and get others to write with me.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Todays Prompt is finish this line with a Minute

Today we are doing the finish this line prompt. The rules are you must use this as the first line in your write. For a bit of a twist today we ask that everyone use the Minute form as well....The Minute Poem is a poem that follows the "8,4,4,4" syllable count structure. It usually has 3 stanzas that are exactly the same. So: 8,4,4,4; 8,4,4,4; 8,4,4,4 syllables.

A traditional Minute Poem has 12 lines total. It has 60 syllables. It is written in a strict iambic meter. The rhyme scheme is as follows: aabb, ccdd, eeff.

The line is ...The moon-glow softly lit the clouds... OURS IS ....

A MOON GLOW MINUTE

The moon-glow softly lit the clouds
a lunar shroud

the nights beauty

for us to see

The garden where magic resides
love does abide
treasures we find

presence of mind

Here as the night glow gently sways

the magic stays

the moon glow sighs

Sun's on the rise

Many Thanks to Penny and Helena for joining in and helping us with lines and words for the past few day's worth of prompts... as always you all inspire us in ways we treasure !!

Well done Helena, I know how tough this form can be... I count and count and check it over as to how it sounds... I'm still not sure about the stressed/unstressed so I try to sing it ...LOLI think we all did pretty well !